Brain Surgery at a Distance
May 14, 2019 | Terry Sharrer
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Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
At the time (September 2001), Operation Lindbergh was the darling of telemedicine. It involved using a Zeus surgical robot and conventional telephone lines between the surgeon in New York City and the patient in Strasbourg, France to remove a gall bladder. It’s still a remarkable feat, but Chinese surgeons have gone one better with a remotely implanted neurostimulator for controlling Parkinson’s tremors, done at a distance of 3,000 km, over a 5G network. This procedure could not have been performed, because of the lag time, over a 4G system. MORE
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